Alexandre Oliva (aoliva redhat com) said:
> >> Honest question: has anyone who actually ran or distributed mp3
> >> decoders implemented in (otherwise-)Free Software ever been stopped
> >> from doing so in countries where the patent encumbrances of mp3 apply?
> >> Or have most just been scared of even trying?
>
> > Does it really matter? There have been shutdowns due to patent licensing
> > on MP3 in the past month - why poke the bear with something obvious.
>
> Software-only or hardware? Encoders or decoders?
>
> MP3 patent holders used to distinguish between these cases.
And? Fedora needs to be freely re-distributable for *any* use. Including
building your own hardware player using it.
Bill